Droplet manipulation on superhydrophobic surfaces based on external stimulation: A review

C Yang, Q Zeng, J Huang, Z Guo - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic surfaces are smart surfaces with high water contact angles and low
surface energy. When water droplets rest on superhydrophobic surfaces, they often stay at …

Recent advances in chemical durability and mechanical stability of superhydrophobic materials: Multi-strategy design and strengthening

P Wang, C Li, D Zhang - Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Inspired by the lotus leaf effect, non-wetting artificial superhydrophobic surfaces
demonstrate an enormous potential in numerous fields. However, limited by poor stability …

Ultrasonic tweezer for multifunctional droplet manipulation

Z Yuan, C Lu, C Liu, X Bai, L Zhao, S Feng, Y Liu - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Spatiotemporally controllable droplet manipulation is essential in diverse applications,
ranging from thermal management to microfluidics and water harvesting. Despite …

Bioinspired materials for droplet manipulation: principles, methods and applications

J Xu, S Xiu, Z Lian, H Yu, J Cao - Droplet, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Droplet manipulation techniques such as transport and merging have been widely used in
many fields including biology, chemistry, material and energy applications. Moreover …

Accurate magneto‐driven multi‐dimensional droplet manipulation

X Jing, H Chen, L Zhang, S Zhao… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Droplet manipulation has gradually drawn worldwide attention through diverse potential
applications such as microfluidics, and medical diagnostic test. Whereas, the high‐precision …

Bioinspired lubricated slippery magnetic responsive microplate array for high performance multi‐substance transport

K Shao, S Jiang, Y Hu, Y Zhang, C Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In nature, many organisms have the ability to transport substances, such as bubbles,
droplets, or solids, on demand to meet their survival needs. Inspired by these distinct …

Bioinspired fluoride-free magnetic microcilia arrays for anti-icing and multidimensional droplet manipulation

L Wang, C Zhang, Z Wei, Z Xin - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The accumulation of ice on surfaces will bring safety issues to various human activities.
Researchers have been actively developing superhydrophobic surfaces (SHS) as good anti …

Bioinspired wire-on-pillar magneto-responsive superhydrophobic arrays

C Wei, Y Zong, Y Jiang - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023 - ACS Publications
Versatile surfaces demonstrating multiple interfacial functionalities are highly demanded as
a surface typically serves various duties and faces multiple challenges in real practice …

Recent progress in stimulus-responsive superhydrophobic surfaces

W Li, Y Zhan, A Amirfazli, AR Siddiqui, S Yu - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2022 - Elsevier
With the widening of the application fields and the increasing complexity of the service
environment of superhydrophobic materials, the conventional superhydrophobic surfaces …

Bioinspired magnetic cilia: from materials to applications

S Park, G Choi, M Kang, W Kim, J Kim… - Microsystems & …, 2023 - nature.com
Microscale and nanoscale cilia are ubiquitous in natural systems where they serve diverse
biological functions. Bioinspired artificial magnetic cilia have emerged as a highly promising …